Southeast

BRADENTON, Fla. — Atlanta is looking for companies interested in setting up operations in its commercial tax allocation districts.

The Louisiana Revenue Estimating Conference on Monday accepted a forecast by state economists that general fund revenue for fiscal 2010 would total $7.28 billion.

The St. Helena Parish School District has asked a federal court in Baton Rouge to impose a property tax on residents to support bonds that would help rebuild its aging schools.

Gov. Sonny Perdue has announced that net revenue collections for May totaled $1.18 billion compared to $1.26 billion a year ago, a decrease of 6%, or $75.5 million for the month.

U.S. attorneys last week filed a motion to dismiss the federal lawsuit filed in March by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum challenging the massive health care reform bill.

Assured Guaranty last week filed a civil suit in New York alleging that JPMorgan, along with Jefferson County, "fraudulently induced" it to provide more than $378 million in insurance coverage for the county's nearly $3.2 billion of variable- and auction-rate sewer warrants.

Former Jefferson County commissioner Larry Langford has lost another bid to remain free while appealing his corruption conviction on pay-to-play charges related to the county's failed sewer warrants.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Fitch Ratings on Friday maintained a negative outlook on Collier County, Fla.’s sales and gas tax bonds in part because of “the potential impact of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.”

DALLAS — Louisiana lawmakers sent a $26 billion operating budget to Gov. Bobby Jindal on Sunday night after the House reluctantly agreed to the Senate’s version of the fiscal 2011 spending plan.

BRADENTON, Fla. — Homebuyers either are shying away from buying homes on the beach or requiring a 60-day guarantee that the oil will not affect the beach before signing real estate contracts, a Naples, Fla., Realtor claimed in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday.